The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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Page 21
... Duke was more than once prostrated by sickness in the earlier part of his career , when subjected to annoyance and anxiety about his own success in life , though he bore public responsibilities and exertions , physical and mental , so ...
... Duke was more than once prostrated by sickness in the earlier part of his career , when subjected to annoyance and anxiety about his own success in life , though he bore public responsibilities and exertions , physical and mental , so ...
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... Duke , there was nothing so agreeable as to get him , when in a communicative mood , on the subject of his campaigns ... Duke's own words , of the famous battle of Assaye : - Of the battle of Assaye , he used to say , that it was the ...
... Duke , there was nothing so agreeable as to get him , when in a communicative mood , on the subject of his campaigns ... Duke's own words , of the famous battle of Assaye : - Of the battle of Assaye , he used to say , that it was the ...
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... Duke's lips ; but the effect , as might be expected , is generally disappointing . We have selected the one just cited as one of the best in- stances ; but the practice is hardly fair ; and speaking was never the Duke's forte . No man ...
... Duke's lips ; but the effect , as might be expected , is generally disappointing . We have selected the one just cited as one of the best in- stances ; but the practice is hardly fair ; and speaking was never the Duke's forte . No man ...
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... Duke used to speak of his own operations against the Mahrattas , and of his Indian wars generally . ' It is highly improbable that such a mistake could have been made by the Duke himself . It is equally out the question that Mr. Gleig ...
... Duke used to speak of his own operations against the Mahrattas , and of his Indian wars generally . ' It is highly improbable that such a mistake could have been made by the Duke himself . It is equally out the question that Mr. Gleig ...
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... Duke's real character and motives we gain more from private letters than from either despatches or reports - always more or less doubtful - of conversations . those with whom he corresponded when in India there was no one to whom he was ...
... Duke's real character and motives we gain more from private letters than from either despatches or reports - always more or less doubtful - of conversations . those with whom he corresponded when in India there was no one to whom he was ...
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